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Tom Doherty Associates
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All prayers are answered, but sometimes the answer is no. And sometimes the answer is "let me talk to my manager and get back to you." From author Laurie Penny (Unspeakable) comes the Tor.Com Original novella, Your Orisons May Be Recorded. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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LibraryThing member TheIdleWoman
Our long-suffering narrator works Up There, fielding calls from all over the world, doing their best to answer, comfort and help the people who call. (I use 'their' with good reason because the angelic host don't have fixed genders, though they can assume either sex at will.) The problem is that
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the boss is absent, the facilities aren't quite up to scratch ('There are many rooms in my Father's house, but only one with a functioning coffee machine'), and the floor manager Uriel keeps a tight rein on call-handling targets and production goals. Our narrator isn't quite up to scratch: they're too compassionate for their own good, which can't be said for their colleague, the demon Gremory ('Hello... my name is Legion. How can I help you?'). This, then, is an odd-couple story of the best kind ('We all have our demons. Mine just knows me a bit too well'), irreverent, cool and funny, with eye-opening revelations about how angels spend their free time. Probably not one for the devout. Naturally, it is impossible to read this without thinking of Good Omens. Show Less
LibraryThing member StigE
I like Laurie Penny's voice. There's something very urban and English about it along with an attitude like a younger and slightly less cynical Warren Ellis.
Original publication date
2016
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9780765384546
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